A team of Coast Guard recruits visited Eglin Air Force Base and spent half a day building igloos inside the McKinley Climatic Laboratory.

A 2,100-square-foot home on East Bay with a boat dock was advertised for $80,000.

20 years ago – 1996

Destin officials were looking to annex some 2,000 acres north of U.S. Highway 98, from the southern end of Airport Road to the Okaloosa-Walton county line.

The Fort Walton Beach chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference called for a boycott of businesses in Okaloosa County to fight what it said was a pattern of discrimination by law enforcement, courts, schools and the military.

10 years ago – 2006

After a delay of about 56 hours, Walton County and Destin’s beach restoration project started again.
The project was put on hold after a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was killed during dredging.

The Okaloosa Regional Airport planned to add 125 feet in length and 800 feet in width to its parking apron, where aircraft pick up and drop off travelers, and build two or three new terminal gates. The expansion was part of an ongoing effort to draw more carriers to the airport.

5 years ago – 2011

The number of people staying in Okaloosa County hotels and condominiums increased in February, but the amount of bed tax collected remained down because of lower prices.

Online Poll: Amid the backdrop of rising gas prices and the first anniversary of the oil spill, do you support increased drilling in the gulf? YES: 55% (341 votes) NO: 45% (279 votes).

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